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In
my latest visit to Shakti Innovations a demo was given to me that
I could not believe what I heard by simply adding a set of
Hallograph's to the corner of the room behind the speakers.I was so amazed that
this simple room treatment can open the stage, depth of the music
and improve the experience to a degree that I listened and looked
closely to the room a few time to try to make sense of this new
revelation of tweak, it's simply the best tweak I have ever heard.We are not taking about a minor
improvement here my audiophile friends, we are talking about a
difference that once you listen to music with the Hallograph's you
simply will not listen to any more music without it. Honestly, I
would simply just turn off the system and not listen to music if I
had to listen to music without it.

The set of six feet
tall Hallograph's are $1695
and that includes the stands. I must tell you that this investment
it will do more for your system than any other expensive upgrade
or tweaks you have ever done in the past. Shakti Innovations has
hit the ball out of the park with this one, so get ready to listen
to a whole new system by simply adding a set of Hallograph's to
your high-end system.

Contact High-End Palace for your
Hallograph's
during our special promotion!

SHAKTI
HALLOGRAPH

The
Hallograph breakthrough technology, is the result of over 10 years
of research that studied the effects of the speaker/room interface.
We learned how to reduce the audibility of the chaotic reflections
from the walls of the listening room so they won’t overpower and
interfere with the direct sound from the speakers. The Hallograph
contours the frequency, amplitude and time coefficients of the first
reflections you hear, which produces a stunning increase in
realism.

The Hallograph
Soundfield Optimizer consists of two arrays that are easily placed
behind each speaker near the corners of the back wall. Each array is
engineered with proprietary technology (patent pending) and made
with exotic hardwoods, consisting of staggered activated panels that
are mounted on an elegant base that beautifully blends into any
style room environment.

The new
Shakti Hallograph's features:

1. A more realistic
presentation of stage depth, width and height, along with a warmer
musical tonality that doesn’t compromise clarity and detail.

2. Allows latest
advances in State-of-The-Art electronics and speaker designs to be
heard to their full potential

3. Each array is
adjustable so that the system can be optimized for different rooms
and speaker systems.

5. The Ambient
detail of the original recording site is now finally revealed in
all its glory.

6. Beta testers were
stunned by the level of musical improvement they were able to
achieve when the prototype Hallograph arrays were put into their
systems.

7. Only one set is
required per system. Easy set up with floor stands. The Hallograph
array offers the kind of performance increase that’s associated
with a major upgrade in speakers and electronics.

TESTIMONIALS

Testimonial #1:

The Hallograph is an
amazingly worthwhile and effective device. I've had it in my system
for a couple of weeks of heavy listening and am hooked (no break-in
required). In my system, the soundstage became deeper and
wider, images gained in intensity and size, while high frequency
extremes lost some stridence. Information retrieval (or should I say
"unmasking") goes up a notch, as details that were
previously masked by room reactions reclaim their prominence in the
mix. Vocals gain in intelligibility and clarity. Importantly, it
appears to be very neutral, or evenhanded, if you will, in its
impact across the spectrum -- nothing pushed at you or rolled off to
create an artificial sense of impact. Quite the opposite, in fact --
the whole musical presentation seems to be naturally set in its
recording venue to a greater degree.

The cumulative impact
of all this is to peel off a previously unobserved thin layer of
glaze from the music. It just has a fresher feel, closer to
lifelike. If you've ever ridden a bicycle in a rural setting right
after the rain, the air has a glorious, exhilarating dimension,
scrubbed clean. Subjectively for me, that's the best way to sum up
what the Hallograph does.

Highly recommended.
David Sparrow

Testimonial #2:

I just received your
Hollograph yesterday and got it set up. Wow ! I'm very impressed!
The changes that can be made are surprising. When I read in the
directions that you could hear a difference when only tuning the
array 1/8" I thought I probably wouldn't be able to hear it . I
then tried several changes and found myself laughing with amazement
at the possibilities for customizing the sound. Very cool !! I don't
see how it can work, but it does, and it is very cool! How did you
get the idea to try and develop something like this ? It seems to be
such a different approach than anything else on the market.Congrats,
and I hope it all works out for you. If you have any other secrets
let me know. I'm sure I would be interested!

Bob Vaughan

Testimonial #3:

My initial reaction
upon hearing the Shakti Hallograph Sound Field Optimizer in my home
has been nothing short of amazement in the enhancement of my system¹s
sound. Not only has the soundstage width and depth been enhanced,
but the resolution within the soundstage is spectacular. The bass
exhibits greater control with midrange and highs that are now more
articulate and less strident.Most
importantly, I am now drawn into the music to a degree that I have
never experienced before.

Thanks again for the
great follow-up on my Hallograph Soundfield Optimizer (say that fast
three times).I received the
Hallograph the first week of January, and found it very easy to set
up. My wife's visual reaction was "it's not as bad as I
thought it was going to be" and "though weird, works well
with our contemporary décor." The wood is well finished
and the overall effect is more akin to a fun sculpture.

But this is really
about sound reproduction, not aesthetics. The Hallograph does
for my audio system what laser vision does for my sight. Smearing of
tones, edginess of timbre, and wooly bass have now vanished to be
replaced by a clarity of pitch and timbre, an improvement in micro
and macro attack, bloom and decay, and a very natural, you are there
sense to all types of music; chamber, symphonic, jazz, male or
female vocals, massed chorus, and opera. I have been tweaking my
system for years, and have made some very good improvements this
past year. The Hallograph stands with the best of these improvements
(components, cables, and the ubiquitous Shakti stones) and for the
most part at a much smaller investment. They truly are adjustable
with audible changes, and I have had some fun "tweaking the
tweak." In my room with my speakers, setting the Hallograph's
"vanes" dead center on left and right is for my ears the
best overall presentation and balance. It is very hard to turn
the system off at night. I find so much new enjoyment with my
most familiar recordings (on CD, HDCD, SACD and vinyl).

The Hallograph
Soundfield Optimizer is a mouth-full to say, looks strange in
pictures, is hard to comprehend at first sight how or why is should
even work, and does everything as advertised. Thanks again for
making this hobby so much fun and for producing an audio product
that is so effective.

"The
spectacular sense of spaciousness didn't really surprise me, as I
had heard that effect at my very first encounter with the
Hallographs. But that brief CES audition did not prepare me for the
myriad other improvements offered by the Hallographs. Bass gets
quicker and tighter, with better pitch definition. Vocal and
instrumental images typically have more dimensionality and lateral
stability. Previously unnoticed low-level detail emerges, and the
entire presentation takes on a more relaxed and naturally musical
quality that is hard to describe, but easy to love (in my case,
often deep into the night)."

"The Shakti
Hallographs have become permanent parts of my system, they transformed
my system, even one
in a highly treated room. A very strong selling point is that they
look like pieces of art and not room treatments, so will be likely
to have a much higher "roommate" acceptance factor. The
improvements they make are essential to enjoying music to the
fullest."

"The Best New
Room Treatment at the show was by Ben Piazza of Shakti. This
was demonstrated in the E.A.R. room. The Hallograph Soundfield
Optimizer is a tall floor-standing wooden device designed to work in
the room corners behind the speakers. On top of a wooden post are
three vertical wavy wooden segments, made out of two different kinds
of wood, each containing a resonant chamber. They are difficult
to describe in words, but they did work. With the devices in
place, the soundstage filled out and the midrange and treble sounded
more natural. With the devices removed, there was reduced
ambience and naturalness to the sound."

Dave Glackin

Review
#4:

"... Ben leads me
up to his room. Yes! Lest one has not caught on, CES is all about
male-on-male seduction. And we of the press, star. Babes for hire in
Toyland! Anyway, Ben is showing a novel room treatment called the
Hallograph. Unlike his more discreet Shakti Stones, which have
become the favorite whipping boy of stiffs in audio academic
society, here is something out in the open. Hallographs, probably TM
although I don’t see a sign, are three wavy upright pieces of
exotic wood that perch in the front corners of a room on tall thin
poles. Scarcely a nuisance, visually. Kind of attractive, actually.

I mean, they also
sound good! I mean, no sound comes from them, and yet... What I mean
is... These Hallographs assist the hi-fl by helping to recreate a
real sense of sonic space. I do not say that lightly. Removing them
proves the point. In two systems, one major, one minor, both in
mediocre rooms, Hallographs make the difference between great sound
and good. And we’re talking sound by E.A.R., that’s Tim de
Paravinci, which would otherwise be quite acceptable, tonally,
before adding the Hallographs. I predict that these light wooden
sculptures, which may even elicit ahs of wonder from artists and
ladies, shall become in one form or another a standard feature of
good rooms.In the two
locations one can hear them, Hallographs impart a sense of presence
to the music unlike any other room trick I have ever heard.
Astonishing. Congratulations, Ben. Although who knows how they may
work in better environments?

OK, want a better
quote? Here you go.

“Hallographs provide
a fundamental, as-yet inimitable solution to room problems. They
extract, rather than synthesize. Hallographs help unravel the
tangled web that music reproduction in real rooms weaves."

How’s that?

Oh, and this just in.
Later I revisit to find famous mastering engineer Stan Ricker, along
with Dave Glackin, sitting in the catbird seats. Moments into the
“A” play (which I happen to know is an old Merc, albeit on CD)
Stan remarks, “That must be a Bob Fine recording.” Of course he
is correct. Moments into the “B”, with Hallographs up, Stan
bursts out: “Still a Bob Fine.., but, much finer!”

Clark Johnsen

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WALKER
AUDIO HIGH DEFINITION REFERENCE LINKS

The Walker Audio High
Definitions Links is an outstanding
tweak for any high-end system for just $725. These HDL's improves overall
clarity of any speaker high-end system. The Reference HDL's use a
new silver capacitor which has been moded to Walker's
specifications and special parts developed for there Reference
Phono Amplifier. All wiring and spades are ultra-pure silver.
Subjected to a slow-immersion cryogenic process. Sold in pairs
matched to .05 percent.

You
will never know what your system can sound like until you try
them!

High
Definitions Links prevent very high frequency electronic noises
(which are emitted from all electronics) and RFI from being
transmitted to your speakers.They eliminate the unwanted noise from the signal path,
while allowing the pure music signal to pass through unaffected.

The
music will become more natural sounding.The electronic glare will disappear.The sound stage will open up to become better focused, more
transparent.Harmonics will be cleaner, clearer and the dynamics will be
faster and sharper, without harshness.

All
parts in the High Definition Links are designed and built to
proprietary specifications for Walker Audio.The wiring and the spade connectors are ultra pure silver.The components are encased in a wood enclosure to protect
the components and minimize the dielectric effect and are shielded
with special EMI/RFI conductive copper tape.

APPLICATION
TIP:HDLs
are great to use on high-end surround sound video systems. We
recommend using the Reference HDL on the main speakers and the new
HDL Mark IIIs on the surround speakers. The results are absolutely
remarkable. You will feel as if you are part of the action!

INSTALLATION:Please
read carefully.Correct
installation is critical : Installation
is very simple.High Definition Links install in parallel with your speaker
cables at your speakers and are placed between the speaker cables
and the binding post nut.(Not between the speaker cable and the speaker.)It
is important to note the polarity: red to red, black to black.Do not let the copper body come in contact with the speaker
cables or the binding post.If necessary, use paper tape – not electrical tape- to
isolate the HDL body from the bare binding post.It will sound best if you position the HDL so that the
leads extend up or down from the binding posts and the body is as
far away from the binding posts as possible.

IMPORTANT
NEW FINDING:HDLs
will sound best if you position the HDL so that the leads extend
up or down from the binding posts with the lead side of the
spade facing the speaker and the body as far away from the
binding posts as possible. HDLs
come with instructions and diagrams for bi-wired speakers.

Biwireable
Speakers – Using one set of speaker cables with jumpers:You
will need one pair of HDLs and one pair of jumpers. The
jumper wire is critical. We recommend our Walker Audio Silver
Jumpers. They are cryogenically-treated ultra-pure silver
solid-core jumpers. Your ears will love you.

Biwired
and Tri-wired Speakers:One
HDL required for each speaker cable.

Speakers
With External Crossovers:Benefit
dramatically.

Subwoofers:Benefit
dramatically.

Allow
twenty hours play time for the High Definition Links to break in
properly.